James Rhodes

James Rhodes – Vitamin C (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:01 minutes | 1016 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Instrumental Records

James Rhodes, victim of repeated rape and sexual violence at the hands of his gym teacher, uses music as a means to unearth and treat his enormous trauma. He recounts on the cover of his last recording that, to cope during his sad childhood, he listened tirelessly to the records of Ivo Pogorelić, Glenn Gould and Grigory Sokolov. Now a coveted pianist, he has formed the present programme by, in his own words, collating the music that helped him survive as if it was “a monster dose of Vitamin C.”

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James Rhodes – Fire On All Sides (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:14:58 minutes | 2,54 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Instrumental Records

Pianist, James Rhodes addresses his own personal demons in his classical music album entitled: Fire on All Side. He pays tribute to master composer such as Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, and Rachmaninov to personify his own mental illness. Throughout this album listeners can hear Rhodes’ personal connection to the composer’s suffering and pain.
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